Woven Vinyl: What It Is
Technical note
The material itself: how coated yarn and a backing make a floor, the four numbers that decide a project, how it compares with LVT, carpet tile and sheet vinyl, and the documents to request.
Guides
Selection guides
Nine guides for the decisions that come before a sample is approved: material choice, hotel applications, walls and furniture, gyms and studios, schools, offices, lift interiors, boats and motorhomes, and how to choose a supplier in China. One technical note sits underneath them, on why the material feels the way it does.
All guides
A New Material for Contract Floors
Selection guide
Woven vinyl flooring as a third option beside LVT and carpet tile: how the material is made, how it compares on acoustics, cleaning and seams, and which documents to request.
Flooring for Hotels
Selection guide
Public areas, corridors and guest rooms ask different things of a floor.
Walls and Furniture
Selection guide
Wallcovering and upholstery from the same weave: backing choice, the tests that matter, sewn or welded seams, and the documents to request.
Flooring for Gyms and Studios
Selection guide
What a gym floor goes through, the impact noise requirement worth writing into a specification, and how to zone weights, studio and circulation areas.
Flooring for Schools
Selection guide
Corridors carry the load and classrooms carry the sound.
Offices and Co-working
Selection guide
Zoning an office floor by acoustic problem rather than by budget: impact noise, castors, walk lines and phased refurbishment.
Lift and Elevator Interiors
Selection guide
Woven vinyl on a magnetic backing for lift car walls: panels that clip on and lift off for replacement, with no adhesive and no strip-out. Includes the wall and floor split, and the panel types a magnet will not hold on.
Boats and Motorhomes
Selection guide
Woven vinyl in a moving interior: weight in gsm a fit-out shop can quote, shaped floors with welded seams, moisture and condensation, sun and colour, and which fire document applies to a SOLAS vessel and which to a caravan.
Why Woven Vinyl Feels Like a Natural Fibre
Technical note
Where the hand of a woven vinyl surface comes from: two-tone yarn, the weave, solution-dyed colour, and the variation a full-width sample has to settle.
Choosing a Supplier in China
Selection guide
Where a woven vinyl floor passes or fails: the bond to the backing, the choice of backing, design development and service, with the ten questions and six documents to ask for before a first order.
How to use these
Each guide is written against the questions a project actually asks: what fails first, which acoustic requirement is real, what cleaning routine the building can hold, and which documents the client will request. Where a figure appears it carries its standard.